just a quick question for the mods, what is the "supporting member" badge that's under your "super moderator" title? just noticed that this morning
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just a quick question for the mods, what is the "supporting member" badge that's under your "super moderator" title? just noticed that this morning
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Good day,
We are gradually introducing new features to the site and forums, of which the supporting member setup is one. It is a paid subscription for which you'll receive a number of new features, designed to enhance your Ultimatecarpage.com experience. Most important of these is the total removal of ads for the subscribers, which together with the obvious benefits also turns Ultimatecarpage.com in one of the fastest loading sites on the internet. Yes it's the ads that cause the load times.
You can find all the details in the user control panel or by clicking here: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/subscriptions.php?
Although the official launch of the package will most likely be on Monday, we decided it offered so many benefits that we put it online as soon as it was tested.
Thanks for your support and enjoy your stay on Ultimatecarpage.com
Wouter Melissen
Last edited by <AAA-MOD>; 10-13-2004 at 09:07 AM.
If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth.
(Ted Joans)
Furniture
What Ad's ??? I don't see anyOriginally Posted by Wouter Melissen
"Just a matter of time i suppose"
"The elevator is broke, So why don't you test it out"
"I'm not trapped in here with all of you, Your all trapped in here with me"
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The ads on the main page.What Ad's ??? I don't see any
If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth.
(Ted Joans)
Furniture
Is it like pop ups or something like that ? Cause i really can't remeber any ad's at all
"Just a matter of time i suppose"
"The elevator is broke, So why don't you test it out"
"I'm not trapped in here with all of you, Your all trapped in here with me"
Furniture
What extra do you get from having a paid subscription ??
keep up the good work wouter
Cedric - I sound like a chipmunk on there. Some friends of mine were like, "were you going through puberty?" I was like, no I was already 20, I just sound like a girl.
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The details are listed on the subscription page at: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/subscriptions.php?
If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth.
(Ted Joans)
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Sorry Wouter but i dont think ill take it up.
The Datto will rage again...
Size Queen
There's no reason it wouldn't.Sorry Wouter but i dont think ill take it up.
I'm going to eat breakfast. And then I'm going to change the world.
Furniture
I looked through the list of advantages and i dont think that there are enough of them for me to pay
who really needs 500PM's ??store up to 500 Personal Messages, create a custom user status, use larger avatars and have a 'Supporting Member' logo displayed next to all your forum messages.
youve already got your USER CP and information about you that others can see
we dont really need bigger avatars
what are on the premuim forums ??Exclusive access to the premium forums, where you can discuss site and forum matters with your fellow premium members and the site administrators.
Cant we discuss with administators ETC on the website discussion section ?
Cedric - I sound like a chipmunk on there. Some friends of mine were like, "were you going through puberty?" I was like, no I was already 20, I just sound like a girl.
Supporting Admin
Mustang, the ones you mentioned are all just the additional features included. The key feature is the ad-free bit of the package, which will completely strip the site from the ads. Ads come at the expense of complex and long coding that takes a long time to load, taking them off completely leaves the bare site, which is blisteringly fast. This is hard to describe, but the load times have been decreased to almost 'instant'.
Advertising is going to get more aggressive, because of the easily attainable pop-up blockers. It's also only a matter of time before we are going to include ads on the forums as well.
I would like to stress that we decided not to take any of the current 'free' content away and move them to the subscription package, which would have been the easiest thing to do to make the subscriptions a success. However, there is a big chance that future features will only be available for the subscribers.
To wrap things up I would like to list the advantages again here:
- Complete removal of ads -> supersonic Ultimatecarpage.com
- More space in the PM-inbox, larger avatar, custom user title
- Exclusive access to the premium forums
Before Monday it will also include:
- Complete specs on all cars (where available of course), similar to the spotlight cars
I hope this explains it a little bit more.
Thanks again for your time,
Wouter Melissen
If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth.
(Ted Joans)
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I have blistering loads times already, and i have never once seen an ad or pop up on ucp, thats how my enzo thread gets so big so fast,
idno about paying for faster speed, i still have to think about it, but for now, im satisfied, i've never been on a faster loading site
keep up the good work
UCP's NO. 1 Source for Enzo & 69 Camaro pic's
Enthusiast
yes we need
....
Fun is not a straight line
UCP's only lancia lover ....
Enthusiast
I dont have enough friends to warrant a 500 post inboxNot exactly a bank emptying price though .. im considering sigining up.
Enthusiast
I agree with Mustang. And also feel that excluding some people from discussion because they are not paying members defeats the purpose of a forum. As it is, I'm sure the mods and founders can PM and have private discussions. I like the idea of not having adverts though. Why not charge a $5-10 premium on the upcoming T-shirts. With something tangible a lot more people will be willing to pay, IMO.
**maybe the T-shirt design can have a 'member since 200?' designation!!
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